Monte Carlo will be the site for the two initial title affairs on a Matchroom/DAZN card.
In the main event, Wales's Joe Cordina will defend his IBF junior lightweight title against Edward Vazquez.
Cordina won that title for a second time when he earned a split decision over Shavkat Rahkimov in April in a terrific fight while Vazquez is a light hitter with only three knockouts in his fifteen wins but his most impressive fight was his only loss when he lost a controversial split decision to the talented Raymond Ford in 2022.
Vazquez has won four fights since the Ford loss and might be a live underdog against Cordina.
Should Cordina successfully defend the title, his next outing could be a unification fight against WBC champion O'Shaquie Foster early next year.
In the co-feature, Sivenathi Nothshinga will defend his IBF junior flyweight title against Adrian Curiel.
Nothshinga looked sensational in winning the title in a fight of the year candidate in September 2022 over Hector Flores but won a dreadfully tedious decision in July over Regie Suganob to take some of the glitter off his title-winning effort.
Curiel is a journeyman from Mexico receiving his first title shot and has stopped only four of his twenty-three victims, so who really knows what he will bring to the fight.
ESPN+ and Top Rank are live in the evening with two contenders attempting to keep winning streaks alive to move up the ladder.
In the main event, heavyweight Efe Ajagba will meet Joe Goodall in a ten-rounder.
Ajagba was last seen winning by disqualification in four rounds when Zhan Kossobutsky continued to hit Ajagba low and has won three straight since his only loss to Frank Sanchez in October 2021.
Australian Joe Goodall knocked out Stephan Shaw in six rounds on a July card and was a decorated amateur, so he isn't a pushover despite Ajabga having the edge as a professional.
Raymond Muratalla continues his move towards the top of the lightweight division as he faces Diego Torres in the co-feature.
Muratalla looked very impressive in a two-round blowout of solid former title challenge Jeremiah Nakathila in May and shows signs of being a top boxer at 135 pounds.
Torres has stopped seventeen of his eighteen foes and hasn't lost but will be making his first fight outside of Mexico and is a bit of an unknown factor.
Don King Promotions pops his head out with a card from the seldom active promoter from Miami with a main event for the WBC cruiserweight title vacated by Badou Jack.
Former champion Illunga Makabu, who lost the title to Jack, battles Noel Mikaelyan for the crown.
Makabu was stopped by Jack in the final round in February and won a controversial decision in 2022 to Thabiso Mchunu, so he is a fighter on the decline while Mikaelyan has fought only three times in the five years since his controversial title attempt in the World Boxing Super Series in which he lost to Mairis Briedis, none against even fringe contenders.
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